Booth



P. M. BUSICK.

BOOTH.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.3I, 1920.

Patented Apr. 19, 192i.

Pul MBuSck PAUL M. BUsIcK, or MEMPHIS, rENNEssEE.'

BOOTH.

Application filed August 31, 1920.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, PAUL M. BUsroK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Memphis, in the county of Shelby and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Booths, of which the following is a specification.

My said invention consistsvin certain 1mprovements in the details of construction and arrangement of parts of lunch and soft drink booths, particularly of the type 1ntended for use in parks, amusement grounds, and along public streets and highways, whereby a booth of such a character provided which is not only attractive 1n appearance but is also convenient for use, means being provided for its ready closure and the locking of the closure therefor, as well as for the utilization of the closure for adding to the attractiveness and lighting scheme of the booth when open, all as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof and on which similar reference characters indicate similar parts,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a booth of the character referred to showing the front thereof open for a portion of lits length and closed for the remainder of its length,

Fig. 2 a horizontal section through the same,

Fig. 3 a cross section on the dotted line s-s in Fig. 2,

Fig. 4 a detail view illustrating the closure locking means, and v Fig. 5 a detail view illustrating the means for supporting the closure when in opened position. l

The booth itselffis or may be constructed of any appropriate design, although the design shown is the one that I prefer. It is understood, of course, that it may be of metal or any appropriate material, although 1 prefer wood and have so constructed numbers of them, making them of a substantially portable character, so that they may not only be built at a mill and hauled to the place where they are to be used, but may be moved conveniently from place to place as desired.

The booth preferably has an overhanging top 10 to serve as a protection not only to the interior of the booth and its contents,

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as against the weather, butrasaprotection to customers patronizing the booth. This Said booth is provided with ay counter 12 usually of glass or marble or other sanitary material and has numerous storage compartments, cupboards, shelves, etc., for accommodation of goods, including ice cream boXes 13, as shown. The booth is preferably provided with a door 14; inone j l rear interior wall. 'I y In the ceiling it is provided with numerous electric lights 16 preferably recessed into the ceiling and a series of ventilators 17 are provided in the roof.

end and with a seriesof mirrorsy 1,5 on its The closure for the front of the booth is preferably a sash 18 mounted onhinges19, the sash being filled with glass -20 Vwhich may be of any color or yvarieties of color desired to Asuit the color scheme of the booth and harmonize with the ornate design thereof. The lower edge of the sash is connected by sash-cords or cables 21 with counterbal-y ance weights 22, which are adapted to run in vertical ways 23 at the back corners of engage with recesses in the edges of the sash 18 and hold said sash in elevated posi tion. Y

' the booth. Sliding bolts 24 are adapted to As will be observed by an examination I particularly of Fig. 3, the .glass in the sash 18 when in opened or elevated position occupies a horizontal position immediately beneath the light bulbs 16 and serves to diuse the light radiatinor therefrom to the interior of the booth. understood. by an appropriate selection of colorsfor the glass, the lighting effect with- S will be readily.

in the booth can bel modified or made to conform to any predetermined scheme so as to harmonize vwith the particular ornate design of any particular booth.

To the lower edge of eachVv sash 18 1 attach. by means of a hinge or eye bolt 25, a rod 26 which is adapted to project just beyond the edge of counter 12, where it is jointed to another part 27 at point 28. A

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sliding rod 29 ismounted inappropriate i supports underneath the counter and has'v grae.

an eye in its outer end adapted to receive said member 27. Aset screw is provided forlocking the sliding bolt 29. By this means, sash 1S may be locked in closed position Without marring or in any Way making perforations in the counter l2. When the sash is in opened position, the rods 26 and 27 lie upon the upper edgeof the sash entirely out of the Way.

Having thus fully-described my said in- Y vention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. A-booth of the character described.

provided with lights in the ceiling thereof and a hinged closure for the front thereof adapted, when raised, to cover said lights and serve as a light diffuser, substantially as set forth. Y

2. `In a booth of the character describec,

lights mounted in the ceiling thereof, a closure for `the front thereof hinged at its 4upper edge and formed in large part of light diffusing material, and means for supporting said closure in horizontal position beneath said lights, .whereby it may be made to serve either as a closurefor the booth or as a light diffuser, substantially as set forth.

beneath the lights to serve as a diffuser forV the'light, substantially as set forth.

4. ln a booth of the character described Vformed With lan open front, a counter, a

closure for said front hinged at its upper edge, and a locking means attachedA tothe lower edge thereof and extendingvacross the counter and means beneath the counter for connecting With and securing said llocking means, substantially as set forth.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Memphis, Tennessee,

this 16th day of August, A. D. nineteen `hundred and twenty.

PAUL M. BUSICK. [n s] Witnesses:

JOHN W.V FARLEY, F. M.`BAILEY. 

